Unit Synopsis
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to apply theoretical knowledge attained in preceding and concurrent units to the professional work environment for your discipline. This authentic practical experience will allow you to interact with industry practitioners and experience the work role to further develop your technical skills and professional communication.
Details
| Level | Undergraduate |
|---|---|
| Unit Level | 2 |
| Credit Points | 6 |
| Student Contribution Band | SCA Band 2 |
| Fraction of Full-Time Student Load | 0.125 |
| Pre-requisites or Co-requisites |
Pre-requisites: BMSC11003 Introduction to Medical Sciences OR BUSN11016 Introduction to Study and Professional Practice OR BMSC11003 Professional Practice in Medical Sciences.
Extra Pre- or Co-Requisite for CL10 AND CG93 (Pathology Major): BMSC12003 Haematology and Transfusion Science
Extra Pre-requisites for CG93 (Clinical Measurement Major): BMSC12006 – Cardiorespiratory Physiology & Measurement OR BMSC12007 – Neurophysiology & Measurement Important note: Students enrolled in a subsequent unit who failed their pre-requisite unit, should drop the subsequent unit before the census date or within 10 working days of Fail grade notification. Students who do not drop the unit in this timeframe cannot later drop the unit without academic and financial liability. See details in the Assessment Policy and Procedure (Higher Education Coursework). |
| Class Timetable | View Unit Timetable |
| Residential School | No Residential School |
Unit Availabilities from Term 1 - 2026
Attendance Requirements
All on-campus students are expected to attend scheduled classes - in some units, these classes are identified as a mandatory (pass/fail) component and attendance is compulsory. International students, on a student visa, must maintain a full time study load and meet both attendance and academic progress requirements in each study period (satisfactory attendance for International students is defined as maintaining at least an 80% attendance record).
Recommended Student Time Commitment
Each 6-credit Undergraduate unit at CQUniversity requires an overall time commitment of an average of 12.5 hours of study per week, making a total of 150 hours for the unit.
Assessment Tasks
| Assessment Task | Weighting |
|---|---|
| 1. Portfolio | 0% |
| 2. Professional Practice Placement | 0% |
| 3. Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | 0% |
| 4. Reflective Practice Assignment | 0% |
This is a pass/fail (non-graded) unit. To pass the unit, you must pass all of the individual assessment tasks shown in the table above.
Past Exams
All University policies are available on the Policy web site, however you may wish to directly view the following policies below.
This list is not an exhaustive list of all University policies. The full list of policies are available on the Policy web site .
Term 2 - 2025 : The overall satisfaction for students in the last offering of this course was 100.00% (`Agree` and `Strongly Agree` responses), based on a 11.11% response rate.
Feedback, Recommendations and Responses
Every unit is reviewed for enhancement each year. At the most recent review, the following staff and student feedback items were identified and recommendations were made.
Source: Personal reflection
Continue to improve the turn around time for marking of assessments
Coach discipline leads and staff to ensure a specific time slot is set aside each week for marking.
Marking turn around time has improved in 2025.
Source: Personal reflection and industry feedback.
New supervisor evaluation forms accurately demonstrates competencies for CL10 students
Continue adapting the supervisor evaluation forms to align with the industry competencies.
The new forms continue to be used and are appreciated by AIMS accreditation team.
Source: Self-Relection
Moodle site has remained the same for a number of years, and feels a bit clunky to navigate.
Work with Learning Design team to improve Moodle Navigation.
In Progress
Source: Self-Reflection
As there is no face-to-face teaching associated with this unit, students are more likely to feel alone or disengaged. Drop-in sessions serve as additional support to WIL students.
Drop-in sessions for students enrolled in WIL units will be maintained.
In Progress
On successful completion of this unit, you will be able to:
- Apply knowledge and develop competence in the professional work role context
- Analyse quality assurance and quality control procedures
- Justify ethical and legal considerations for patient confidentiality
- Demonstrate the diagnostic process in a clinical environment
- Develop professional communication and problem solving skills.
| Assessment Tasks | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Portfolio | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Professional Practice Placement | • | • | • | ||
| 3 - Learning logs / diaries / Journal / log books | • | • | |||
| 4 - Reflective Practice Assignment | • | • | • | ||
| Graduate Attributes | Learning Outcomes | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | |
| 1 - Communication | • | • | • | • | |
| 2 - Problem Solving | • | • | |||
| 3 - Critical Thinking | • | • | |||
| 4 - Information Literacy | • | • | |||
| 5 - Team Work | • | ||||
| 6 - Information Technology Competence | • | ||||
| 7 - Cross Cultural Competence | • | ||||
| 8 - Ethical practice | • | ||||
| 9 - Social Innovation | • | ||||
| Assessment Tasks | Graduate Attributes | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 10 | |